Seasonal to interannual upper-ocean variability in the Drake Passage

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-57

  Sprintall, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037646387     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224003321586408     Document Type: Article

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